Category: 3. Middle East

Curacao, Cape Verde and Haiti have more going on behind the scenes than your average national team and still made it to the 2026 World Cup. Samantha Johnson looks at their journey and what…

US officials have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic parties in Washington, DC, the night before the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the highest levels, as…

Surrounded by his cabinet, US President Donald Trump described Somalis living in the United States as “garbage”.

The comments have been widely condemned, but not by his supporters.

What are the…

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group and government forces have traded blame for the renewed fighting.

Fighting has flared up again in the east of the Democratic Republic…

Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery TV, film studios and streaming division for $72bn, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood’s most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer.

The agreement, announced on Friday,…

The leader of the UK Green Party, Zack Polanski, has publicly accused the Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis of failing to represent British Jews, saying instead that the Rabbi “speaks in the interests of defending the…

Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Syrian city of Hama to mark one year since forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad were expelled. People were waving flags, chanting and calling for justice for past massacres.